ING Investment Management Middle East Engages with eHDF to Provide Critical Data Security for Investors
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Tuesday, October 30th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
Complementing
its status as the only Middle East function for managing the ING (L)
Invest MENA Fund, as well as segregated mandates for regional and
international clients, ING Investment Management Middle East has
appointed eHosting DataFort (eHDF) as the managed IT services provider
for its operations.
Through hosting a disaster recovery (DR)
site, eHosting DataFort will seamlessly manage operations and business
continuity for ING Investment Management Middle East.
Following
a process of due diligence and management review, eHosting DataFort was
selected for its reputation as a reliable and credible service provider
with a varied client portfolio. Furthermore, appointing a provider with
a local presence in Dubaiwas an important pre-requisite for the
investment management firm.
The IT infrastructure at ING
Investment Management Middle East is highly secure with business
continuity and disaster recovery plans put in place to mitigate any high
risk situations. The production servers and infrastructure are
currently located at the firm’s data centre in DIFC, while the eHDF
facility is used as a secondary disaster recovery site.
Yasser
Zeineldin, CEO at eHosting DataFort, said: “Financial institutions are
extremely conscious about reducing any threats to their network and IT
infrastructure as they operate with critical client data and
information. We have seen these organisations invest heavily in
protecting their IT environment by implementing disaster recovery and
business continuity solutions”.
“Our engagement with various
customers requiring comprehensive Disaster Recovery and Business
Continuity solutions demonstrates our capability in managing complex IT
environments. In addition, our vendor-neutral and analytical approach
assured ING Investment Management Middle East of our status as an
unbiased partner in selecting best-of-breed solutions for meeting their
specific requirements.”
Carmela R Bautista, Head of Operations
and IT at ING Investment Management, Middle East, said: “Technology is
key to our operations and our the correct IT infrastructure is crucial
for us to link back to the global systems and store valuable data. Data
back-up and security is vital in order to comply with regulatory and
group policies”.
“The business continuity plan and DR project was
started from the ground up, by the eHosting DataFort team, supported by
our staff and management. With the technical expertise of the team at
eHDF committing to an excellent service , we were assured about our
capability to continue operating even in the event of an incident.”
eHosting
DataFort has established itself as a market leader in the field of
hosting and managed IT services with its state-of-the-art data centres,
resilient and scalable infrastructure and round-the-clock managed
operations. The company has been recognized year-on-year as the ‘Best
Managed Service Provider of the Year’ in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 as
well as ‘Best Colocation Facility’ in 2010 and 2011.
For more information, you can visit www.ehdf.com
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About eHosting DataFort
eHosting
DataFort is a fully owned subsidiary of TECOM Investments and is a
leading provider of Managed IT services. The organization has obtained a
number of notable projects to deliver world-class Managed IT services
to major enterprises across the region. eHosting DataFort’s proven track
record for managing an enterprise’s IT infrastructure includes some of
the largest organizations e.g. Dubai Financial Market, Tejari, Axiom
Telecom, Khaleej Times, Panasonic, Dubai e-government and du.
Website: www.ehdf.com; Email: info@ehdf.com; Phone: +971 4 391 3040; Fax: +971 4 391 3050
Contacts
Nancy Sudheer
APCO Worldwide (JiWin Public Relations)
nsudheer@apcoworldwide.com
+97143692834
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